[TN-Bird] Re: Birders Parking in Road in Blount County
- From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TennWren@xxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 08:46:24 -0800 (PST)
Marcia,
I'm the guilty party. Or at least I'm likely the one to whom they
refer.
I'm assuming this was the SUV or minivan with 2 or 3 people who drove
by at about 45 MPH (!), shouted obscenities and flipped me the bird.
Hmmpf.
I was pulled off the road as far as is possible, and my 8 or 10 trips
there, I have been passed by about 6-7 cars and 2 tractors. Most of
these people have given me a friendly wave, and 3 people have stopped
to inquire. After brief, friendly conversations 2 of them took some
looks through my scope. I'm not sure what kind of bug was up the
backside of those people in the SUV...
I agree we need to practice good ettiquette, and I would never
consider parking on part of a road that had any traffice, or where
the visibility wasn't as extensive as it is on this straight, rural
road.
Charlie (the obstacle)
--- TennWren@xxxxxxx wrote:
> This morning one of my neighbors at Scenic Point in Louisville in
> Blount
> County complained to me about a birder who stopped his car in the
> road this
> morning, blocked one entire lane, and set up a telescope in the
> road to look at
> the birds at the Phelps Dairy Farm Pond.
>
> Please do not block roads. This is a narrow road with no shoulders
> and
> birders should not create traffic hazards for the people who live
> in this or any
> community. Please find a place to park off the road and walk along
> the
> roadside to look at the birds.
>
> Just a reminder to practice good birding etiquette. Thank you.
>
> Marcia Davis
> Scenic Point, Louisville, TN
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